Tally for pool-tables.



PATENTED MAY 7, 1907.

0. G. PETERSON. TALLY FOR POOL TABLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15,1906.

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OLAUS G. PETERSON, OF DALLAS, W'ISCONSIN.

TALLY FOR POOL-TABLES Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed November 15,.1906. Serial No 343,588.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLAUs G. PETERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Barron and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tallies for Pool-Tables and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in tallies for pool tables.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character by means of which a permanent record may be kept of the games played, and means whereby a register of games of each new set of players may also be registered.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a pool table tally constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a detail side view, partly in section, of the operating and registering mechanism; and Fig. 3 is a detail sec tional view, showing the manner in which the operating weight is preventing from engaging the registering wheels.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the main recording or registering wheel or disk, which is revolubly mounted in a suitable casing 3 secured upon the wall or other support. Theregistering wheel or disk 1 is connected by a belt or chain 3 with a driving pulley 1 mounted upon a stub shaft 5 and connected to a smaller rogistering wheel or disk 6 by a clutch mechanism 7, whereby when the smaller wheel or disk 6 is turned in one direction, the main registering wheel or disk will be operated thereby.

Slidably mounted in a suitable guide-way 8 is an operating weight 9, which is supported and operated by a cord or cable 10. The cord or cable 10 passes upwardly through the guideway 8 and around pulleys 12, and has connected to its opposite end. the usual triangle 13, with which the pool balls are arranged at the beginning of the game. The wheel or disk 6 is provided on its periphery with a series of radially-projecting pins or studs 14,

one of which projects into the guideway S in the path of upward movement of the weight 9, whereby when said weight is drawn up by the downward movement 5 of the triangle 13, said pin or lug will be engaged. by the weight and the wheel 6 turned a distance suflicient to bring the next lower pin intoposition for engagement by the weight when again raised.

in order that the weight 9 will be prevented from engaging pins on the wheel 6 in its lowering movement, a suitable switch mechanism is provided. This mechanism consists of a hinged plate 15 arranged in the guideway S and supported in an inclined po sition in the path of movement of the weight 9 by means of cleats or strips 16 upon the upper ends of which the outer edges of the plate 15 rest. The plate 15 is provided with a notch 11, through which the cord or cable 10 is adapted to work, saidv notch however being of such size as to prevent the passage of the weight therethrough, so that when the weight engages the plate on its upward mo vement, the .latter will be swung upwardly, thus permitting the weight to pass the same, after which the plate drops by gravity to its normal position upon the upper ends of the cleats 16. When the weight is again lowered by releasing the triangle, said weight will engage the uppcr side of the plate 15 and slide down over the same to its normal position without coming into engagement with the pins or lugs on the wheels 6, thus preventing said wheel from being turned backward by the downward movement of the weight.

Connected to the wheel or disk 6 is a winding drum or pulley 18, to which is connected the upper end of an operating cord 19 on the lower end or which is secureda weight 20. The weight 20 is. only heavy enough to keep the cord 19 taut and will not interfere with the operation of the wheel or disk 6 when turned by the weight 9. As the wheel or disk 6 is turned by the weight 9, the cord 1.9 will be wound. upon thedrmn or pulley 18, so that when desired said wheel or disk may be reversed or turned backward to its original position by pulling downwardly upon the cord 19, said retrograde or reversingmovement of the wheel or disk (5 being prevented. from reversing or turning the wheel 1 by means of the clutch mechanism which connects said disk 6 to the drive pulley 4. of the main disk or registering wheel 1.

On the main or registering disk is arranged an annular series of numbers, of which there may be any desired number, the same preferably running consecutively from 1 to 200. Said numbers are preferably arranged near the outer edge of the wheel, and each conse cutive number is shown through a view opening 21 formed in the casing 2. The smaller disk or wheel 6 is also provided with aseries of numerals, of which there may be any suitable number, but which preferably run consecutively from 1 to 10, one number being.

disposed opposite each contact pin or lug, which projects radially from the outer edge or periphery of the wheel.

By providing the large registering disk or wheel 1, which is operated by the smaller wheel or disk 6, each time the latter is turned by the mechanism hereinbeiore described a permanent record of all the games played may be kept. The smaller wheel 6 is provided to temporarily register the number of games played by one set of players,'said wheel being adapted to be reversed to its original position or starting point to enable a new series of games to be registered by a new set of players.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A tally for pool tables comprising a main registering disk, a supplemental registering disk operatively connected with said main disk, an operating weight adapted to be engaged with said supplemental disk to turn the same one number for each time said disk is raised, and means whereby said. disk is drawn up each time the triangle is used in arranging the balls for anew game, and means for preventing the weight from engaging said. wheel on its return movement.

2. A tally for pool tables comprising a main registering disk having arranged thereon a series of numbers to provide a permanent record of games, a supplemental registering disk or wheel, a driving pulley having a clutch connection with said supplemental. disk, a chain or cable connecting said pulley with said main register ing disk, a weight adaptedv to be drawn upwardly each time the triangle is used to arrange the balls for a new game, means whereby said weight is engaged with said .supplemental disk to turn the same each time the weight is raised, and means to prevent the weight from engaging said wheel on its return movement, substantially as described. y. s l:

3. A tally for pool tables comprising a main registering disk, a supplemental recording wheel or disk having arranged thereon a clutch member, an operating pulley connected to said main recording disk, a clutch member on said pulley to engage the clutch member on said supplemental disks, whereby the pulley is driven when said disk is turned in one direction, a series ol radiallyprojecting pins arranged on said. supplemental disk, a suspending weight adapted to be engaged with one of said pins to turn the supplemental disk a predetermined distance each time the weight is raised, a cable to connect said weight with the triangle by which the pool balls are arranged at the beginning of each game, means to prevent the weight from being engaged with the pins on said supplemental wheel or disk when said weight lowers or returns to its normal position, and. means to reverse the supplemental disk to its original position. or starting point, substantially as described.

at. A tally for pool tables comprising a main registering disk having thereon a series of numbers by which. a permanent record of games is kept, a drive pulley connected. to said disk to turn the same, a supplemental disk having arranged thereon a series ol. game recording members, a clutch connection between. said disk and said pulley, a series of radially-projecting pins arranged. on. the periphery of said supplemental disk, an. operating weight adapted to be drawn upwardly to engage one of the pins on said supplemental wheel to turn the same a pre determined distance, a cable to support said weight and connect the same with the tri angle for arranging the pool balls at the be ginning of each game, a hinged de'llecting plate arranged in the path of movement of the weight, whereby when said weight is raised the plate will swing upwardly and when said weight is lowered. will deflect the same and prevent the engagement thereol with the pins on said supplemental wheel substantially as described.

5. A tally for pool tables comprising a revolubly mounted registering diskv having thereon a series of numerals, a casing to inclose said disk, a drive pulley connected. therewith. to turn the same, a revolubly mounted supplemental registering disk, a

clutch connection between. said disk and said drive pulley, a series oi? radially-projecting pins on said supplemental disk, a weight adapted to be engaged with the pins on said. supplemental wheel, a cable to connect said weight with the triangle for arranging the pool balls, a guideway for said weight, a notched deflecting plate hingedly mounted in said guideway to deflect the weight in its downward movement to prevent the same IIO In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand 1n presence of two subscrlblng witnesses.

OLAUS G. PETERSON.

lVitnesses WM. MCDONALD, EVEN AMUNDsoN. 

